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                                                                  AP payments for the same client, a significant differen-
                                                                  tiator in the commercial marketplace.
              What are you                                        Global Payments gains Active verticals


                                                                  Global Payments Inc. agreed to acquire the communi-
                 waiting for?                                     Equity Partners. Active Network delivers cloud-based,
                                                                  ties and sports divisions of Active Network from Vista
                                                                  mission critical enterprise software, including payment
                                                                  technology solutions, to  event organizers in the com-
                                                                  munities and health and fitness verticals. The outdoors
                                                                  division will be retained by Vista Equity Partners.
            Let me help you increase your                         Vantiv, Worldpay define merger terms

                     bottom line today!                           The boards of directors for Vantiv Inc. and Worldpay
                                                                  Group plc reached agreement on the terms of a recom-
                                                                  mended merger. Worldpay shareholder values have been
             We make it easy for you to reach your                determined, along with expected dividend amounts.
                                                                  Vantiv and Worldpay shareholders are expected to own
             target audience with a personalized                  approximately 57 percent and 43 percent, respectively,
             custom advertising campaigns to meet                 upon closing. The combined company is expected to
                                                                  have an enterprise value of $28.8 billion and will be
             your companies individual needs today.               named Worldpay.


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            •  Custom Videos           available)                 Chandran appointed by Shopkick
              (multiple level       •  Print advertising          Shopkick Inc. welcomed Rohan Chandran as its Senior
              options available)       (multiple options          Vice President of Product Management. With over 15
            •  Targeted Email          available)                 years in management, Chandran’s background includes
                                                                  time  at  YP  leading  consumer product,  building  a  data
              Campaigns             •  Online advertising         and analytics team at Telenav and creating a patented
                                                                  business model at Experian Interactive. Chandran has
                                                                  also led product teams for Yahoo and Technorati, and
                                                                  co-founded Cricinfo, which was acquired by ESPN.
                                                                  ID.me brings on Filion

                                                                  ID.me Inc. appointed Julie Filion as Chief Marketing
                                                                  Officer. Filion will lead ID.me's marketing strategy, cus-
                                                                  tomer insights and affiliate program. Filion joins ID.me
                                                                  from MoneyGram International Inc., where she served
                                                                  as Vice President and Head of Ecommerce and Digital
                                                                  Marketing, leading company growth and customer
                                                                  acquisition initiatives. Her professional experience also
                                                                  includes tenures with Amazon, PepsiCo and the Monitor
                                                                  Group.
                           Danielle Thorpe                        Mallek, McKee, Yamasaki, Lewis join BlueCart


                              AVP Media Partnerships              BlueCart Inc. added four members to its management
                                                                  team. Bill Mallek joins as Vice President of Sales, Kris
                    Call me for details                           McKee as Product Manager, Glenn Yamasaki as Head of
                                                                  Talent and Human Resources, and Daniel Lewis as Sales
                     707.284.1686                                 Development Representative Manager. This group will
                                                                  be responsible for growth of BlueCart's web and mobile
                                                                  wholesale procurement platform.
              DANIELLE@GREENSHEET.COM


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